Winter arts and entertainment in Juneau

Painters, performers, poets and tailors featured

Posted: Thursday, December 21, 2000

By RILEY WOODFORDThe JUNEAU EMPIRE

Deprived of sunlight but not culture, folks in Juneau can look forward to Cajun and old-time music, Korean drummers and barn dances, "Hamlet," "Gypsy" and "Candide" this winter. The coming months will offer art, alternative films, poetry readings, magic, hypnotism and The Mamas and the Papas.

May 11 and 12, Juneau-Douglas High School spring play, JDHS auditorium, also May 18, 19. Time TBA.

May 13: International Museum Day, new exhibits opening, community events at Alaska State Museum and JuneauDouglas City Museum, Quilt show at state museum, Dale DeArmond art retrospective at city museum.

May 18-27: Juneau Jazz & Classics, week-long series of concerts, cruises, family events, in a variety of locations.

May 18: "Moby Dick," produced by Perseverance Theatre play, in collaboration with the Saratoga International Theatre Institute, opens 8 p.m. Friday, about a dozen shows through June 3.

May 22: The Mamas and the Papas in concert, Centennial Hall, sponsored by Alaska Peace Officers Association. Time TBA.

May 22 and 24: Choir and band concerts, 7 p.m., JDHS auditorium, JDHS music department groups.

May 26 and 27: Perseverance Theatre's Alaskan Playreading Festival and Workshop, part II, Perseverance Theatre, exact date and times TBA.